BY JIMITOTA ONOYUME

PORT HARCOURT- Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has enjoined his Edo state counterpart, Governor Adams Oshiomole not to blame him for purportedly losing the support of Edo state people ahead of the governorship election in his state, adding that he (Oshiomhole) brought President Muhammadu Buhari and 10 APC Governors to Edo State and was not satisfied, but panicking because two PDP governors visited the state.

Gov. Wike

Governor Wike who spoke against the backdrop of recent allegations by the Edo state governor that he assisted the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate in Edo state with N2 billion for the guber election said the Edo governor had become known for his alleged penchant for lies and inconsistencies.

Wike spoke in Government House, Port Harcourt when the Inter Party Advisory Council, IPAC in the state paid him a visit, dismissing as untrue allegation that he had mobilised militants to storm the postponed election in Edo state.

The governor recalled that himself and Oshiomole embraced themselves at Benin airport on the day of the PDP’s guber campaign in Edo state, adding that his Edo state counterpart was warm towards him.

Wike said: “Oshiomhole even cornered me and said ‘don’t mind these people, they don’t know that we meet and talk”, he said.

“If Oshiomhole has lost the confidence of his people, he should not blame me. He brought the President and 10 APC Governors and he was not satisfied. Only because two PDP governors visited Edo State, Oshiomole is panicking.

“Oshiomhole at his age should stop dramatising and telling lies. What will his children say when they see him behave like that.

“If you cannot win election, you cannot win election no matter the number of security reports that you write.

“Oshiomhole doesnt know when to stop lying. Why do you think that you will continue to deceive the people. This was the same man who praised former President Goodluck Jonathan for promoting free and fair election, one man, one vote which saw Oshiomhole win a second term. Today in his notorious inconsistency, anywhere Oshiomhole goes, he insults the former President. When President Buhari leaves office, Oshiomole will do the same to him”.